on the other hand, i didn't get re-elected just to bask in re-election. i got elected to do work on behalf of american families and small businesses all across the country who are still recovering from a really bad recession but are hopeful about the future. and i am, too. the one thing that i said during the campaign that maybe sounds like a bunch of campaign rhetoric, but now that the campaign is over i'm going to repeat it and hopefully you guys will really believe me -- when you travel around the country, you are inspired by the grit and resilience and hard work and decency of the american people. and it just makes you want to work harder. you meet families who are -- have overcome really tough odds and somehow are making it and sending their kids to college and you meet young people who are doing incredible work in disadvantaged communities because they believe in the american ideal and it should be available for everybody. and you meet farmers who are helping each other during times of drought and you meet businesses that kept their doors open durin